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Sorry I’ve been MIA for the past couple weeks. My eldest sister, Donna, came to town from Rhode Island and my other two sisters and I have been entertaining. The fun part was it was the first time all four of us siblings had been together since 1984 and really the first time we had…
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Today at church the pastor was continuing to preach on his series about the Sermon on the Mount. He was in Matthew 5:27-30. When I took a quick look to remind myself what that section was about I thought, “Uh oh!” Pastor Bret started by telling a story about an associate pastor he interned with…
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I was thinking the other day about what I would do if someone asked me to give them 20 minutes or $20. The sad truth is I would lean toward giving them the 20 bucks. I don’t know if your life is like mine but time is actually more valuable to me than money. I…
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I ran across Psalm 139 the other night and while I knew parts of it I was struck by the entire passage. I thought I’d share it with you and run through some of the things that came to mind as I read it. Psalm 139 1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know…
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I started teaching Francis Chan’s Forgotten God last week in the adult Sunday School class at church. Forgotten God is a study in the Holy Spirit; a lot of churches spend a lot of time on God the Father and God the Son but not so much on God the Holy Spirit. Chan’s seven-part series…
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I’m pissed off today. Something at work has me riled up. It’s actually not that big a deal, but enough to set me off. When I get like this all the other little things piss me off, too, like not having No. 10 envelopes and stamps when I need them even though I just got…
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I’m a very opinionate person. My father told me when I was 13 years old that my mouth would cause me all sorts of trouble in life. Well, he was half right. I do get in some trouble with the things I say – I tend to be rather blunt. But I’ve also used my…
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I wake up a lot at night and when I do I usually put myself back to sleep by praying for people. It’s kind of like counting sheep and I can fall back to sleep after getting through about five people. Given that I wake up at least three times a night, 15 people get…
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We watched the last in a five-part series by Craig Groeschel called Soul Detox today in our Sunday morning adult Bible study. I’ve been writing about these classes for the past couple week, because I think Craig has great insight to the struggle we have as Christians living in a toxic world. Today Craig focused…
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I bought this new book called Teach Us to Pray – 365 Prayers from the Bible by Timothy J. Beals. The premise is praying the scriptures. If you’ve not heard that term before I’m excited to share the concept. I found praying the scriptures is one of the most powerful ways I connect with God.…
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